yes, baby banks is here! my water broke at 9:30 december 9th got to the hospital by 9:45 parents got there by 10:00. labor wasn't progressing so i was finally started on potocin at 5:00 a.m.got my epidural at 8:30, i stayed dilated to a 2 until 2:00 p.m. by 5:00 i was barely at a five. i had my mother rub my feet with lavender oil just like spencer had done for me. at 5:15 i looked at spencer and said, i feel like i need to push but i'm not sure. luckily spencer talked me into calling the nurse in to get checked. sure enough, i was at a 10 and he was ready to be born. we did rest and decend which allowes the baby to move farther down by itself so it's less pushing later. we started pushing at 6:45 and finally after 21 hours of labor he was born at 7:20 p.m. saturday december 10th. i think the greatest part was when we were pushing and spencer said, "oh honey he's so cute!" that right there made me so happy!
now he's a week old and we have gotten better at figuring out how to sleep, how to keep him from peeing on everything when we change his diaper (took many loads of laundry later to figure it out), what he needs when he cries, and above all just better at getting use to having another little person in our family who depends on us for everything. i worry tho that its going by way to fast! his eyes are already open more and he's starting to make faces that almost seem like they are on purpose. i really want to cherish every moment cause now i think i realize that i'm never going to get these moments back more than ever.
i am so greatfull for this experience and for the opportunity to be a mother. i looked forward to this time my entire life but it never really felt like it was really going to happen and now that it's here, it still doesn't feel real. our little boy has already taught me so much and has increased my testimony. i am so greatful for this experience i get to have in this life. our little boy is amazing and so incredibly cute! we love him so much!
